Species: Monolene megalepis, Spottedfin Flounder

Monolene megalepis Woods, 1961

Spottedfin Flounder

Body an elongate oval, tapering to tail; head and snout relatively blunt; snout < eye; eyes on left side; between eyes narrow, with crest that lacks spines; mouth short, ends under front part of eye; teeth ~equally developed on eye- and blind-sides; dorsal rays 88-94; pectoral rays not branched, fin short (~equal to head) with lower rays equal to or slightly longer than upper rays, 17-19 rays, no fin on blind side in adults; base of eye-side pelvic fin about equal to base of blind-side fin, situated on body midline, its origin a little behind that of blind-side fin; lateral line on eye side only, strongly arched above the pectoral, no branch under lower eye.

Dark body and fins; 2 large dark oval blotches at middle of tail fin.

Size: 10 cm.

Habitat: shell and mud bottoms.

Depth: 73-550 m.

The central and southern Caribbean.